Mind Warrior

4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. 9 Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you. Philippians 4:4-9

HOW do we wage war with our minds?  The best defense in any war is a strong offense.  Last entry I spoke of the Helmet of Salvation we are told to our arm ourselves with everyday of life on earth.  The helmet is to guard our minds, the door to our hearts.  How do we guard our minds.  Simply put, garbage in garbage out.  The quickest way for Satan to convince you to succomb to temptation is mentally.  He convinces you that it isn't really a sin.  There are plenty examples in the Bible starting at the very beginning with Eve.  "Thats not what He meant. Just this once.  It isn't bad for me."  All things we use to excuse our bad choice.

We need to guard our minds and hone them to sharp weapons against sin.  We need to be able to identify sin for what it is and flee from it.  When Satan tries to cast doubt we need to have in our arsenal the truth to extinguish the flaming arrows of doubt.  How do we guard our minds?  "In every situation, with PRAYER and petition, with thanksgiving, present our requests to God."  Talk to God, KNOW Him through His word and hide it in your heart.  THINK on true, right, noble, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent and praiseworthy things - not the garbage, lies and doubts of this world.  HOW does this guard your mind?  Paul tells us when we look to God in prayer and think on his truth "The peace of GOD will guard our hearts adn minds in CHRIST JESUS!"

So it is simple really Think on things of God and SHILOH will protect your mind AND heart in Christ Jesus.  Fellow Warrior, put on your armour and SHILOH be with you. Amen.